It’s Phun Phriday. Technically I do a post on something that is not very related to education on these days. But I was so excited to see this new resource from Zen Pencils that I had to share it with you right away! The artist behind Zen Pencils, Gavin Than, creates amazing, inspirational posters based … Read more
Gavin Aung Than, the super-talented artist behind Zen Pencils, published a collection of some of his comics last November. Needing a bit of inspiration this week, I read it again from cover to cover. When I finished, I felt like I was almost as powerful as Rising Phoenix, one of his recurring characters. Gavin takes famous … Read more
I’ve featured Zen Pencils cartoons on here a few times. The artist Gavin Aung Than is very talented and creates amazing cartoons based on inspirational quotes. His latest illustration comes from Sir Ken Robinson’s famous TED talk, “How Schools Kill Creativity.” The need for a “full body education” is one that I think many educators find is being … Read more
It’s nearing the end of Connected Educator month, and I finally have a post about it. Better late than never, right? This post was actually inspired by last night’s Two Guys Show conversation with Ginger Lewman. Ginger works with ESSDACK, and is a specialist in Project Based Learning, among many other things. As Ginger said … Read more
The genius behind Zen Pencils is Gavin Aung Than. Zen Pencils is a “a cartoon blog which adapts inspirational quotes into comic stories.” I admire Than’s talent immensely, and I was so thrilled when I discovered his site. Like many people, I collect inspiring quotes, and when Than’s graphics accompany them, they are true art. You … Read more